Legal Opinion · Dissent
J.R. Maffei Richard Maffei Betty J. Maffei v. Northern Insurance Company of New York Maryland Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1993No. 92-15651Published
1DissentFarris, Circuit Judge
I dissent because Dr. Clark’s declaration did not provide evidence that a fire took place in the drum.
We may affirm the district court’s decision on any grounds supported in the record even if the district court reached its decision for different reasons. See United States v. Washington, 969 F.2d 752, 755 (9th Cir.1992) cert. denied, — U.S. -, 113 S.Ct. 1945, 123 L.Ed.2d 651 (1993); Lofton v. Heckler, 781 F.2d 1390 (9th Cir.1986). Assuming ar-guendo that the majority has correctly concluded that the expert testimony was improperly struck, Maffei has failed to allege that a fire took place in…
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